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981

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Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 9th century10th century11th century
Decades: 950s  960s  970s  – 980s –  990s  1000s  1010s
Years: 978 979 980981982 983 984
981 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar981
CMLXXXI
Ab urbe condita1734
Armenian calendar430
ԹՎ ՆԼ
Assyrian calendar5731
Balinese saka calendar902–903
Bengali calendar388
Berber calendar1931
Buddhist calendar1525
Burmese calendar343
Byzantine calendar6489–6490
Chinese calendar庚辰(Metal Dragon)
3677 or 3617
    — to —
辛巳年 (Metal Snake)
3678 or 3618
Coptic calendar697–698
Discordian calendar2147
Ethiopian calendar973–974
Hebrew calendar4741–4742
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1037–1038
 - Shaka Samvat902–903
 - Kali Yuga4081–4082
Holocene calendar10981
Iranian calendar359–360
Islamic calendar370–371
Japanese calendarTengen 4
(天元4年)
Javanese calendar882–883
Julian calendar981
CMLXXXI
Korean calendar3314
Minguo calendar931 before ROC
民前931年
Nanakshahi calendar−487
Seleucid era1292/1293 AG
Thai solar calendar1523–1524
Tibetan calendar阳金龙年
(male Iron-Dragon)
1107 or 726 or −46
    — to —
阴金蛇年
(female Iron-Snake)
1108 or 727 or −45

981 (CMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 981st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 981st year of the 1st millennium, the 81st year of the 10th century, and the 2nd year of the 980s decade. As of the start of 981, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.